I had such grand plans to get so much done this weekend!!! (Many of them were undone by partying all afternoon/evening Saturday with a cool exmo friend, others by the usual culprit.) Anyway, I was hoping to watch all of the mo-related videos that showed up in my RSS reader, and pick one for the sidebar here. So, I’ll pass the task along to you — have a look and tell me which one you like best:

The linked post is by a FLAK regular who has posted over the years various problems trying to get along with her super-Mormon parents. Now the super-Mormon parents have themselves left the church — you can hardly ask for a happier exmo happy ending than that!

It’s so interesting. Every group or organization makes mistakes. I think it’s the ability to accept responsibility for those mistakes — e.g. denying blacks priesthood — and talk openly about those mistakes that could make Mormonism more accepted by the mainstream. It’s when the PR spin happens and everyone tries to put a clamp on it that the monster grows. Definitely going to be an interesting presidential race.

Ingrid @3 — I agree. Being capable of acknowledging errors and apologizing for them goes a lot farther than slick spin when it comes to inspiring trust.

One thing that makes it hard for the CoJCoL-dS to apologize for errors, though, is that it puts them in the position of having to explain how the error happened and what they’ll do to avoid the error in the future. But this is incompatible with the core belief they want to maintain, namely that the guys at the top have a direct line to God and will never lead people the wrong way. So they’re stuck doing a lot of “Hay, look over there!”-style responses to sticky issues…

Christ went to the Jews first, then all others, don’t think He was a racist = )
I am a happy convert who joined the church almost 13 years ago. I also am a very proud supporter of Ron Paul!! Mitt is a Big Government, U.N. puppet, just like all of the other prez hopefuls, except Dr. Paul of course!
People don’t understand Freedom, either it comes from God or it comes from Government, Right? God gives you all the freedom in the world, but he also warns of consequences, natural ones. If you run a stop sign what could happen….
I don’t think we should hurt anybody, but I do think people are complicated and most are so willing and ready to put on the boxing gloves to defend themselves.
The message of freedom, via. the Constitution is our only way out of the mess we have gotten ourselves into. Gov’t runs just about everything, now they will tell us what to do with our thoughts, actions and beliefs? Sounds pretty scary to me, doesn’t anyone read about the history of oppression in any form? Void of free thought.
There may be other religions who want to oppress and force their will upon a group, but it is not the LDS church = ) Defense is not the same as offense right?
Left vs. Right, Rich vs. Poor, Gay vs. Straight, Religious vs. Non, Black vs. Right, don’t you see it, it’s called Social or Class warfare, pit people against each other, Divide, then see what happens….Conquer. Divide and Conquer.
Let people be, as long as you are not forcing your will or boxing glove upon another human, let be. I believe in the Constitution, without it you have slavery and…..Communism, really, no freedom, no privacy, no land ownership, scary.
We need to unite as Americans to preserve freedom for all, not force upon another because of selfishness, or defensiveness, but freedom. Freedom does not mean freedom to hurt another, that is not what it means, we still have to have laws and protect the innocent. No candidate for office is going to preserve freedom unless they uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution.
Ron Paul is the only candidate who would keep U.S. from tanking, which it is about to do. The dollar is going to tank, why? Inflation because of printing of fiat/ or fake money, over spending, the dollar loses it’s value then it is worth nothing. It has happened in other countries! Forget the divide and conquer, come together for freedom, yes even from God. I trust God before I trust the guys in control of your money, your land, your laws and your ? At least you can leave the church, that’s freedom. Ask the Chinese about freedom……….Freedom vs. Force which do you choose…..The Constitution is freedom from force. Force is evil, period.
Ron Paul 2012 The 2 party system is controlled……..which is why Paul’s voice is being denied………Peace and Love!

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